Monday, April 28, 2003

Schemix - A Scheme In The Linux Kernel. via Slashdot Schemix is a Scheme system, implemented as a patch to the Linux kernel. It aims to attain R5RS compliance while remaining small, fast and easy to understand. The intended use of Schemix is for exploration of the Linux kernel and for rapid, interactive prototyping of Linux drivers and other new kernel features. To achieve this, Schemix will attempt to make a large subset of the kernel functionality available to Scheme programs. Interactivity is via a character device, /dev/schemix which presents a REPL (Read, Eval, Print Loop) to anyone having access to the device. The perfect thing to combat Insecure Macho Love. [Lambda the Ultimate] How cool is that?  Prototyping drivers in Scheme!!  Too cool. 8:14:53 AM    comment []

Rational Digs Up Gems. Development projects should find a home in IBM research tools. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis] IBM is going to add resources that Rational has never had available.  The expectation is that will translate into more features and deeper functionality in the Rational products. 6:53:49 AM    comment []

IBM Hones WebSphere Portal. Seeks to offer Web alternative to Microsoft Office. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis] IBM is adding spreadsheet, word processing, and other productivity components to WebSphere Portal.  This allows developers to extend their applications without requiring Office on the users' desktops. 6:50:09 AM    comment []

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